23 arrested in CBD drug crackdown

Police focused on car parks and nightclubs in King St and Flinders Lane and seized drugs including as GHB and ecstasy.

Sixteen people were placed on a drug diversion program, including a 17-year-old girl.

Police responded to three suspected overdoses.

Three people are facing drug possession charges involving ice, GHB and ecstasy.

Police say they will conduct more early morning drug operations future.

Superintendent Rod Wilson says many people are using the drugs at nightclubs which hold so-called recovery sessions.

"It appears to us that a lot of people are using these drugs post 5:00am. A lot of these clubs are open until midday and I must say that the feedback we've got from our officers was that it was quite prolific," he said.